Frictional base isolation systems improve earthquake resistance in timber buildings, reducing costs and complexity while ...

Seismic isolation has emerged as a pivotal strategy in mitigating earthquake-induced damage by decoupling structures from ground motions. Recent advancements encompass both experimental and numerical ...

Recent shake-table tests on a wood-framed house—equipped with newly developed low-cost seismic base isolators—confirmed predictions that the two-story house would come through structurally unscathed.

Howard University professor Claudia Marin-Artieda at the NEES at Buffalo laboratory with her research team and the "Yahoo frame." With 40 servers installed, the frame was shaken with servers in ...

33rd Annual Study of Logistics and Transportation Trends: Puzzling path forward Logistics professionals navigating their path forward face challenging market conditions, an evolving regulatory ...

In seismic territory, something as simple as adding two floors to an existing building, even if it was designed to accept more load, can be complicated. But for structural engineer John Sumnicht and ...

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Engineers designing the Giant Magellan Telescope celebrated the feat of having their innovative seismic protection design validated by an independent review panel. This group of experts in seismic ...

Base isolation tool offered by Instor provides highest quality seismic mitigation along with modular open frame design to provide unparalleled protection for data centers FREMONT, Calif.--(BUSINESS ...

The Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels, now going up downtown, is expected to be a gleaming new jewel of the Catholic Church. But scientists and structural engineers also have great hopes for the ...

Recent studies have shown that the seismic load case can substantially increase the overnight capital cost (OCC) of safety-class equipment in advanced nuclear power plants. Seismic isolation can ...